咸鱼翻身

See also: 鹹魚翻身

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 咸鱼翻身 – see 鹹魚翻身 (“to be successful when it seems one would absolutely be a failure; to become a changed man; the underdog achieves success; Someone, who is at the lowest point in their career etc. and deemed by everyone to be impossible to achieve anything, gets a chance to be successful again due to their hard work, luck, or other reasons.”). (This term, 咸鱼翻身, is the simplified form of 鹹魚翻身.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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